Catheter ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation - Current advancements in strategies

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL. A, 2007, Pages

  Iesaka, Yoshito ^a   Otomo, Kiyoshi ^a   Nagata, Yasutoshi ^a   Uno, Kikuya ^a  

^a TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjunctive ablation technique; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tissue ablation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART TAMPONADE; LINEAR SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 34347247244     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.A82     Document Type: Review

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